Could India's Gen-Z rebellion begin with cockroaches?
25 May 2026, 14:51 PM
Geopolitical Insights
The OpenAI–Musk dispute: Who controls the future of AI?
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
The cotton clause: How the US–Bangladesh trade pact could reshape regional textile trade
25 May 2026, 08:30 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Why both Trump and Putin felt compelled to visit Beijing
24 May 2026, 14:31 PM
Geopolitical Insights
What Bangladesh should understand about the Arakan Army’s Way of Rakhita doctrine
20 May 2026, 10:07 AM
Geopolitical Insights
The hunt for the Holy Grail: The repurposed US-Israeli casus belli for Iran’s uranium
18 May 2026, 11:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Does the US-Bangladesh trade deal mirror colonial economics?
17 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about?
17 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
What will stop killings at the Bangladesh–India border?
16 May 2026, 15:55 PM
Geopolitical Insights
Can the Xi-Trump summit prevent a new Cold War?
14 May 2026, 12:02 PM
Geopolitical Insights
How the unjustifiable war in Gaza is justified
Propaganda in the media is a prevalent practice during war.
8 April 2024, 15:00 PM
‘Ballots, not bullets, for Palestine’
Lt General Jebril Alrjoub, general secretary of the Palestinian National Movement FATEH, speaks to The Daily Star.
2 April 2024, 03:00 AM
Moscow terror attack and its aftermath
Putin has been widely credited for bringing security and some semblance of order to Russia after the turbulent decade that followed the collapse of the USSR, however, this attack may shatter some of that confidence.
2 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Historical parallels: Bangladesh’s genocide in 1971 to Gaza
Despite the magnitude of the genocide, global recognition and acknowledgment of Bangladesh's struggle for independence have been inadequate.
26 March 2024, 06:00 AM
'The Liberation War became a centre of big power rivalry'
Veteran diplomat M Humayun Kabir discusses the geopolitical history of Bangladesh's Liberation War in an exlcusive interview.
26 March 2024, 02:00 AM
To catch a pirate
Today’s piracy further feeds upon those flows including petroleum and the growing numbers of African/Asian countries involved. Control is now imperative.
19 March 2024, 06:00 AM
CAA and its effects on Indian secularism and regional stability
The Act, clearly, is a step in the wrong direction.
19 March 2024, 05:00 AM
Reject competition, embrace collaboration
There is untapped potential for Bangladesh to leverage Vietnam's strengths and accelerate its economic development.
12 March 2024, 03:00 AM
The paradoxes of US aid in Gaza
The world has been more interested in providing humanitarian aid rather than stopping the war
12 March 2024, 02:00 AM
Mexico’s historic 2024 election campaign enters the final stretch
It's almost certain that a woman will be elected president for the first time in Mexico.
9 March 2024, 06:00 AM
Economics is irredeemably sexist
Economics has an intractable “women problem.”
8 March 2024, 06:00 AM
Why China won’t fight the Houthis
The current turmoil in the Middle East is not bad news for China.
5 March 2024, 12:00 PM
Will the US and UK's support for Israel backfire?
There are growing signs of substantial public disaffection in these two nations which have been conspicuous in refusing to take Israel to task for its slaughter.
5 March 2024, 00:00 AM
Backing Israel’s genocide: Not just the US
The recent development has been seen as a distinct escalation of India’s support for Israel.
4 March 2024, 13:00 PM
Why war is not good for the US economy
In recent years, the Pentagon budget has approached its highest level since World War II: $886 billion and counting.
2 March 2024, 04:00 AM
Could this be the year of Japan’s first female Prime Minister?
In Japan, a country with a conspicuous gender gap, a political breakthrough could happen this year.
1 March 2024, 04:00 AM
Why would Aaron Bushnell do something this extreme?
The fire that killed Airman Bushnell was simply the collateral damage of the ongoing conflagration in Palestine
29 February 2024, 08:22 AM
Comparing external debt burdens: Sri Lanka and middle-income countries
Sri Lanka’s rising debt levels may pose challenges
28 February 2024, 11:34 AM
A devastating act of reason
US airman dies after setting self on fire outside an Israeli embassy
27 February 2024, 09:00 AM
A dangerous moment for US hegemony
If the US has been letting Israel subvert its policies for decades, what has changed since October 7, 2023 that will allow it now to stand up to Israel’s bullying?
27 February 2024, 02:00 AM